Category Archives: GLBT fiction

“KC, at Bat” by Tom Mendicino— Stepping Up to Life

Mendicino, Tom. “KC, at Bat”, Kensington Press, 2013. Stepping Up to Life Amos Lassen I loved Tom Mendicino’s “Probation” when it came out a couple of years ago and I have been waiting for something new by him to come out. “KC, at Bat” is an eBook and I do hope that it will also …

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“Minions of the Moon” by Richard Bowes— Looking Back

Bowes, Richard. “Minions of the Moon”, Lethe Press reprint, 2013. Looking Back Amos Lassen Kevin Grieson owns an antique shop, “Half Remembered Things”. Now as he looks back at his life, he remembers being a hustler and selling his body to men he did not know and using alcohol and speed during the 1960’s in …

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“Sex and Love” by I.J. Miller— Erotic and Literary

Miller, I.J. “Sex and Love”, Fanny Press, 2011. Erotic and Literary Amos Lassen For those of you who have never been able to decide if there is a difference between sex and love, here is one way of looking at it. I.J. Miller shows us very clearly that most of us want both but they …

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“Service: A Love Story” by David Monster— George and Steven

Monster, David. “Service: A Love Story”, David Monster, 2013. George and Steven Amos Lassen After George’s parents were killed in an automobile accident, he goes to live with his grandmother at her estate. He was just an infant and he grows up in an atmosphere of mourning—his grandmother just could not get over the loss …

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“The Fight for Identity” by Andrew Grey— Overcoming

Grey, Andrew. “The Fight for Identity” (The Good Fight #3), Dreampsinner Press, 2013. Overcoming Amos Lassen Kevin Martin is a racist—he despises Native Americans and keeps them off of his property even though part of his land spread is Sioux sacred ground. The Sioux request access to the land so that they can pray but …

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“Santuario” by G.B. Gordon— Life on Santuario

Gordon, G.B. “Santuario”, Riptide Publishing, 2012. Life on Santuario Amos Lassen Alex Rukow has spent his entire life on Santuario, a “home/prison/island”. The place has been run by elite families for the last two hundred years—since the time that their ship landed on the planet. Then it was populated by those from earth known as …

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“Take It Off” by Aleksandr Voinov and L.A. Witt— A While Later

Voinov, Aleksandr and L.A. Witt. “Take It Off” (Market Garden)”, Riptide Publishing, 2013. A While Later Amos Lassen We met Tristan and Jared in “Quid Pro Quo” when they teamed up with a businessman for a hot three-way. Now that the two have found each other, they have begun to seduce some of the rich …

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“Mark of the Gladiator” by Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane— Back in Rome

Belleau, Heidi and Violetta Vane. “Mark of the Gladiator”, Riptide Publishing, 2012. Back in Rome Amos Lassen We first meet Anazar, the gladiator, when he is taken from the sands of the arena to be contracted to Lucius Marianus so that he can train the female gladiators at the Marianus house. These women have been …

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“The Hollywood Version” by Harry K. Malone— When Rumors Talk

Malone, Harry K. “The Hollywood Version”, Dreamspinner Books, 2013. When Rumors Talk Amos Lassen When a photograph of Mark Lawler and his best friend Zach Pericles in an uncompromising position, Mark’s life seems headed toward disaster. Until that happened, Mark was living the life of his dreams. He had a successful acting career, a beautiful …

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“Quid Pro Quo” by Aleskandr Voinov and L.A. Witt— Jared and Tristan

Witt, L.A. and Aleksandr Voinov. “Quid Pro Quo”, (Market Garden), Riptide Publishing, 2013. Jared and Tristan Amos Lassen The Market Garden imprint of Riptide Publishing consists of short novellas which can be read quickly. I picked up three at the Rainbow Book Fair recently and I found each to be engrossing which for me is …

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